To create a system where every vote counts equally, the Constitution must be amended. To do this, Congress should pass legislation reducing the size of Washington, D.C., to an area encompassing only a few core federal buildings and then admit the rest of the District’s 127 neighborhoods as states. These states — which could be added with a simple congressional majority — would add enough votes in Congress to ratify four amendments: (1) a transfer of the Senate’s power to a body that represents citizens equally; (2) an expansion of the House so that all citizens are represented in equal-sized districts; (3) a replacement of the Electoral College with a popular vote; and (4) a modification of the Constitution’s amendment process that would ensure future amendments are ratified by states representing most Americans. [More]
From well-heeled Harvard academics, eh? And how did Pol Pot treat educated elite "new people" again...?
[Via Steve T]
2 comments:
So they want to bring back'rotten boroughs'? How democratic, how progressive.
All of that would be great in a democracy.
But we're not a democracy.
Just another of the many times they've proposed disturbing the status quo.
Which leads me back to Mama Liberty's quote, "If they don't want a civil disturbance, why do they keep disturbing us?"
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